January 16, 2012 - Word of the Day: weird

The word "weird" is a very popular adjective. It means strange or unusual. You can use "weird" to describe people or situations:

  It looks kind of weird for him to be wearing an apron over his suit.

• This warm weather has been very weird. It's January in Minnesota and there's no snow on the ground.
• Stay away from the guy who lives at the end of the hall. He's weird.
• That was a weird movie, but I liked it.
• Vanessa says that her stomach feels weird. Maybe she's sick.
• Todd says he doesn't like abstract or modern art because it's weird.
• That's weird. For some reason all the lights are off in that building. ("That's weird" is a very common expression for something that is unusual.)

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